Remake Me This

Remake Me This

“Far off places, daring sword fights, magic spells, a prince in disguise!” words of Belle’s from ‘Beauty and the Beast’ perfectly describe any Disney movie. Walt Disney films are well known with kids and teens everywhere. Due to their popularity, many classics have been remade.

The beauty of a remake is how different it can be. Little changes in character background can sometimes completely transform the story. In many of the newer Disney remakes, the tales are told a little differently, making them sometimes more engaging than the original.

“I don’t think that they stick entirely to the original stories,” sophomore Aubrey Peterson said. “But I think they try to use the characters and make them a little more interesting and not as flat as they were in the original movies,”

There are a few differences in characters from the originals to the remakes, but those miniscule differences can sometimes make a huge impact to a new developing story. Those contrasts can also change the story quite a bit. Though there are differences, sometimes contrasts can make a story more complete and even superior.

“In ‘Sleeping Beauty,’ the true love’s kiss was obviously the prince. But, in the remake the true love was Maleficent, who took care of Sleeping Beauty when she was little. I thought that difference was really cool,” freshman Kandace Graves said.

Something people might be wondering is why Disney decided to remake those classics.

“I think Disney decided to remake some of the movies because the hype of it all kind of died down,” Graves said. “They wanted to do something that made it more popular so more people would want to look forward to the remake.”

Some of the remakes may not have been popular based on the new story line, but on the effects and visual aspect that live action gave the movies.

“I feel like they remade the original movies to renew the graphic quality of it and renew the story to make it more interesting,” Peterson said.

Most people seem to like remakes better because they tell a unique story with the guidelines of the classics. Some movies appear to get renewed almost entirely.

“With movies like ‘Alice in Wonderland’, the original was extremely confusing and the remake, to me, I like a lot better because it was easier to understand,” Peterson said.

The newer movies are seemingly more interesting, detailed and obviously more centered around today’s demographic. However, the older movies have their own style and are clearly known as the classics. The remakes are noticeably captivating, but altogether, which one is better? The classic or the remake?

“I like the new one’s better just because it has a lot more special effects and overall just looks a lot better,” Hammond said.

Though the remakes might be made to be better than the original, they’re still some old- timers out there that just love the classics.

“I am a sucker for the original movies because there’s that nostalgia to it,” Peterson said.

These Disney movies aren’t just made

for children. The remakes are also there to show the people that grew up with the classics, a different spin on an original story.

“I thought the Cinderella remake was

really cute. I saw the new ‘Cinderella’ in theaters with my twins,” business teacher Adrienne Fowler said. “And Cinderella was the first movie that wasn’t animated that they went to see and they were captivated the whole time.”

Disney has always made classic movies

that almost everyone has seen. So which one is truly better, the remake or the classic? In the end, the